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      • Common Formative Assessment
        Teaching, Language & Reference
        October 2010

        Common Formative Assessment

        A Toolkit for Professional Learning Communities at Work

        by Bailey, Kim

        Teams that engage in designing, using, and responding to common formative assessments are more knowledgeable about their own standards, more assessment literate, and able to develop more strategies for helping all students learn. In this conversational guide, the authors offer tools, templates, and protocols to incorporate common formative assessments into the practices of a PLC to monitor and enhance student learning

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      • Teaching Students to Read Like Detectives
        Teaching, Language & Reference
        October 2014

        Teaching Students to Read Like Detectives

        Comprehending, Analyzing and Discussing Text

        by Fisher, Douglas

        Prompt students to become the sophisticated readers, writers, and thinkers they need to be to achieve higher learning. The authors explore the important relationship between text, learner, and learning. With an array of methods and assignments to establish critical literacy in a discussion-based and reflective classroom, you’ll encourage students to find meaning and cultivate thinking from even the most challenging expository texts.

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      • Concise Answers to Frequently Asked Questions About Professional Learning Communities at Work™
        Teaching, Language & Reference
        May 2016

        Concise Answers to Frequently Asked Questions About Professional Learning Communities at Work™

        (Strategies for Building a Positive Learning Environment: Stronger Relationships for Better Leadership)

        by DuFour, Richard

        Get all of your PLC questions answered. Designed as a companion resource to Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work (3rd ed.), this powerful, quick-reference guidebook is a must-have for teacher teams working to build and sustain a PLC. You and your team will turn to this invaluable reference tool again and again as questions and complications arise along your PLC journey. Benefits Address the four critical questions that guide teacher collaboration through the PLC process. Review essential PLC vocabulary. Understand the qualities educators need to cultivate school improvement. Outline what students need to learn, and ascertain how to react when students either do or do not learn it. Gain tips on additional PLC books to read to dig deeper into the topics covered in this book.   Contents Introduction 1              Laying the Foundation: Mission, Vision, Values, and Goals 2              Building a Collaborative Culture 3              What Do We Want Our Students to Learn? 4              How Will We Know When Our Students Have Learned It? 5              How Will We Respond When Some Students Don’t Learn and When Some Do? 6              The District’s Role in the PLC Process 7              Consensus and Conflict in a PLC Afterword: It’s a Journey, Not a Destination

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      • Simplifying Common Assessment
        Teaching, Language & Reference
        November 2016

        Simplifying Common Assessment

        A Guide for Professional Learning Communities at Work™ [how teadchers can develop effective and efficient assessments

        by Bailey, Kim

        Built on the process featured in Common Formative Assessment: A Toolkit for PLCs at Work™, this book demonstrates how educators can develop effective and efficient assessments. The authors simplify assessment development to give teacher teams the confidence to write and use team-designed common formative assessments that help ensure all students master essential skills and concepts. Design tasks and assessments that feature the greater rigor and complexity the new standards require. Use assessment data to make adjustments that increase student learning. Explore possible team structures and practices that foster successful use of common assessments. Benefits • Learn the different purposes that wide-angle questions and close-up questions serve in reaching assessment goals. • Understand different types of assessments and what the data gained from each of them can reveal about student learning. • Frame assessment and feedback methods to pursue the end goal of learning for all. • Use templates and protocols to unwrap essential learning standards, create performance tasks, plan appropriate assessments, and analyze data. • Discover a road map that can help guide your work with common assessments. Contents 1 Framing the Power of Assessment in Professional Learning Communities 2 Starting With the End in Mind 3 Considering Rigor and Complexity 4 Intentionally Planning of Instruction and Assessment 5 Writing Questions That Work 6 Using Data to Support Student Learning 7 Focusing on Feedback and Grappling With Grading 8 Using Common Formative Assessments in Less Traditional Settings Appendix Road Map for Implementing Common Assessments

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      • 200+ Proven Strategies for Teaching Reading, Grades K-8
        Teaching, Language & Reference
        November 2016

        200+ Proven Strategies for Teaching Reading, Grades K-8

        support the needs of struggling readers

        by Perez, Kathy

        This book is unique in that it goes beyond individual teacher assistance to provide creative systems that work in concert with a student’s literacy education. This easy-to-use reference guide provides K–8 teachers with practical strategies to motivate all students to develop their reading abilities across grade levels and content areas. Focus on what early-literacy instruction and intervention struggling students should receive and what tips parents should know to help struggling readers. With instructional practices that can be adapted for a wide range of academic interventions, this book shows educators where to start in building an action plan for student literacy achievement. It is an ideal professional development resource for team study and discussion. Benefits Gain insight into the early signs of reading struggles. Examine relevant theory and research related to literacy, including the fundamental elements of reading that need to work in balance in literacy instruction. Review questioning strategies to help students broaden their understanding when reading challenging texts. Explore graphic organizers that can engage higher-level thinking skills. Survey a toolbox of instructional practices for supporting literacy in inclusive classrooms. Study a blueprint for success for literacy programs. Contents Introduction The Struggling Reader Key Elements of Balanced Literacy Programs Effective Early Literacy Intervention Vocabulary Strategies—Helping Students Become Word Wise Graphic Organizers—Making Thinking Visible Content Strategies—Navigating Informational Text Questioning Techniques—Fostering Higher-Level Thinking Developing an Action Plan for Success Appendix: Teacher’s Toolbox References and Resources Index

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